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Sharing Humanity, Not Neutralizing Gender
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2015
Given male privilege, will my daughter’s aspirations and talents be welcomed? Will she have the same opportunities as males? Or will society shame her, accusing her of denying her femininity, as often happens?
Essential Relationships
By: Amy F. Davis Abdallah | September 5, 2015
The current cultural confusion regarding what it means to be a man or a woman and when or how one passes into adulthood invites the church to create rites of passage that disciple our youth.
Expressions of Humanity Directed by Christ: Variations on a Theme
By: Hilary Ritchie | September 5, 2015
In the gender debate, you will typically find two sides in opposition. No, not male and female, but “constructivist” versus “essentialist.” A constructivist views gender as socially created according to cultural customs and mores. Essentialists view gender as inseparable from one’s very being as human.
Editor's Note: Female, Male, and Humanity
By: Tim Krueger | September 5, 2015
If we believe God became fully human, we must also believe in a human essence that transcends the male-female divide. And it is this essence which God embodies in Jesus, a man, but a fully human man.
Puzzling Reflections: What It Means to Be Male and Female Humans
By: Amy R. Buckley | September 5, 2015
How different are men and women, really? To what degree are those differences hardwired? Are there limits to what science can tell us? What is the significance of God making humans male and female?
Book Review: Borderline: Reflections on War, Sex, and the Church
By: Rachel Asproth | September 5, 2015
Stan Goff’s Borderline: Reflections on War, Sex, and the Church offers a fresh, if controversial perspective on the relationship between the church, war, and patriarchy. Goff’s central argument is that war loving and women hating are ultimately two sides of the same coin, driven by the same fears that allow for the rationalization [...]
When Men Reflect "Feminine" Roles and Women Reflect "Masculine" Roles
By: Ellysia Koenig Banks | August 28, 2015
In Christ, my gender is not a limitation. I truly believe that I have been given freedom through the gospel to be who God has made me to be.
Messy Biblical Womanhood
By: Rachel Asproth | August 26, 2015
I’ve known for a while that I just don’t fit. I don’t fit the prescription for biblical womanhood. I’ve squirmed and I’ve stretched, impatiently, hoping to slide easily into the mold. And even then, after years of barely squeezing myself into the category, I’ve still found the box too [...]
Trusting My Femininity Without Defining It
By: Rachel Heston-Davis | August 19, 2015
Not long after I began studying egalitarian theology in a serious way, I was confronted by one of the more perplexing questions associated with it: what are the true "differences" between men and women?
Compliments
By: Susan Harris Howell | August 17, 2015
It seems harmless, really. We see someone we don’t know very well and we want to connect, start a conversation, or just fill the silence. We don’t know them well enough to comment on national politics or our struggle with the latest social issue. Or maybe we know them well enough that mentioning [...]